List of participants in women's ice hockey world championships

The list of participants in women's ice hockey world championships contains all participating national teams in women's world championships and, for all nations, the number of participations in the top division or total participations. A total of 41 nations took part in the World Championships since 1990, in 2020 takes Lithuania in part as the 42nd nation. 15 nations took part in the 19 A world championships and tournaments in the top division, and Hungary will be the 16th nation to start in the top division for the first time in 2020.

Nations in italics will not take part in the World Cup tournaments in 2020. The list is updated including the tournaments in 2020 .

Development of the number of World Cup participants

team	Top division	total	Tournament 2020
Australia	-	18th	IIB
Belgium	-	17th	III
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	01	III
Bulgaria	-	10	III
Republic of China (Taiwan)	-	04th	IIA
People's Republic of China	11	19th	IB
Denmark	02	20th	Top
Germany	15th	18th	Top
Estonia	-	030	III
Finland	20th	20th	Top
France	01	19th	IA
Great Britain	-	19th	IIA
Hong Kong	-	008th0	III
Ireland	-	02	-
Iceland	-	14th	IIB
Italy	-	19th	IB
Japan	09	17th	Top
Canada	20th	20th	Top
Kazakhstan	05	18th	IB
Croatia	-	12	IIB
Latvia	-	19th	IIA
Lithuania	-	20	III
Mexico	-	07th	IIA
New Zealand	-	14th	IIB
Netherlands	-	19th	IA
North Korea	-	20th	IIA
Norway	01	19th	IA
Austria	-	15th	IA
Poland	-	10	IB
Romania	-	13	III
Russia	17th	17th	Top
Sweden	19th	20th	IA
Switzerland	17th	20th	Top
Slovakia	02	19th	IA
Slovenia	-	16	IB
Spain	-	10	IIA
South Africa	-	18th	IIB
South Korea	-	14th	IB
Czech Republic	05	18th	Top
Turkey	-	12	IIB
Ukraine	-	30	III
Hungary	01	18th	Top
United States	20th	20th	Top